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@bethanyshondark Not all questions are legitimate.
See e.g. Loaded Questions
1. Personal behavior:
When did you stop beating your wife?
“Why are you still cheating on your taxes?”
“Have you stopped lying to your boss?”
“How long have you been neglecting your children?”
1)
See e.g. Loaded Questions
1. Personal behavior:
When did you stop beating your wife?
“Why are you still cheating on your taxes?”
“Have you stopped lying to your boss?”
“How long have you been neglecting your children?”
1)
@bethanyshondark “Why do you enjoy hurting people’s feelings
2. Guilt by assumption:
“What motivated you to commit the fraud?”
“Who helped you cover up the scandal?”
“Which bribes did you accept?”
“How much money did you steal?”
2)
2. Guilt by assumption:
“What motivated you to commit the fraud?”
“Who helped you cover up the scandal?”
“Which bribes did you accept?”
“How much money did you steal?”
2)
@bethanyshondark 3. Political / public life
“When will you admit your policy has failed?”
“Why do you hate the poor?”
“How long will you keep misleading voters?”
“Which laws are you planning to violate next?”
3)
“When will you admit your policy has failed?”
“Why do you hate the poor?”
“How long will you keep misleading voters?”
“Which laws are you planning to violate next?”
3)
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OPERATION ANGEL’S HONOR: A massive, 14-day nationwide ICE operation in honor of Laken Riley.
This national op resulted in over 1,000 criminal illegal alien arrests.
Meet some of the most egregious criminal illegal aliens we picked up below:
This national op resulted in over 1,000 criminal illegal alien arrests.
Meet some of the most egregious criminal illegal aliens we picked up below:
ICE arrested Carlos Gomez-Diaz, a criminal illegal alien from Mexico, Dec. 11.
His criminal history includes a conviction for CHILD SEXUAL EXPLOITATION.
His criminal history includes a conviction for CHILD SEXUAL EXPLOITATION.
ICE arrested Javier Diaz-Cabrera, a criminal illegal alien from Mexico, Dec. 18.
His rap sheet includes arrests for:
• CHILD SEX ABUSE
• SEXUAL ASSAULT OF A CHILD UNDER 13 BY A GUARDIAN
He was convicted of EVADING RESPONSIBILITY/PHYSICAL INJURY.
His rap sheet includes arrests for:
• CHILD SEX ABUSE
• SEXUAL ASSAULT OF A CHILD UNDER 13 BY A GUARDIAN
He was convicted of EVADING RESPONSIBILITY/PHYSICAL INJURY.
I encouraged all sorts of speakers, & have never suggested or voted to no-platform anyone
2016 I invited my (former) friend Julie Bindel to debate Susan Stryker on these issues
We had a great debate & then Julie joined ~30 colleagues & TP for a curry in Manchester’s curry mile
2016 I invited my (former) friend Julie Bindel to debate Susan Stryker on these issues
We had a great debate & then Julie joined ~30 colleagues & TP for a curry in Manchester’s curry mile
2. The assumption is I am against academic freedom & free speech. I am not
But just as I am very polite to anyone I meet including GC /SR activists, I consider it disrespectful not to use my name & pronouns as used by everyone else for me & which I prefer
I once …
But just as I am very polite to anyone I meet including GC /SR activists, I consider it disrespectful not to use my name & pronouns as used by everyone else for me & which I prefer
I once …
3. … refused to travel almost 500 miles to speak in a debate as it would mean 3 days unpaid leave & I’m not a charity
But that’s not no- platforming. The other speaker still had the platform.
You are not required to believe me or my friends & colleagues, just be polite …
But that’s not no- platforming. The other speaker still had the platform.
You are not required to believe me or my friends & colleagues, just be polite …
Here's an interesting image: Epstein was a member of the "Adult Video Warehouse"; the receipts show North Palm Beach, but his membership card shows a Pennsylvania address and phone number:
Here's a link that shows the address. Was it his, or did it belong to an associate/victim?
redfin.com/PA/Mont-Clare/…
redfin.com/PA/Mont-Clare/…
Inside CECOT (the 60 Minutes segment that was spiked yesterday) is available on Global TV app. It must have been delivered before the story was blocked. Watching it now.
Yes other outlets covered this story, like New York Times. But there is still huge value in a 18 minute tv segment. And by trying to block it, more people will watch it.
That was disturbing. And now Donald Trump, Stephen Miller, Kristi Noem can try and justify it. And Bari Weiss as well.
Weirdly enough, they keep deleting my comments, why? It's all true and easy to prove ... Just more financial incentives which they have made lucrative careers off of ... but that doesnt make such good print , lol
When the ACLU asked a court to stop West Virginia from protecting women’s sports, it argued that “no one will be harmed” if a boy competes with girls.
The ACLU got its way. But it couldn’t have been more wrong.
Let’s talk about the girls who were—and are—being harmed. 🧵
The ACLU got its way. But it couldn’t have been more wrong.
Let’s talk about the girls who were—and are—being harmed. 🧵
The ink on WV’s “Save Women’s Sports Act” was barely dry in 2021 when the ACLU sued the state. Its client, B.P.J., was then an 11yo boy identifying as a girl.
Now, 4+ years later, the case is bound for the Supreme Court.
Along the way, hundreds of girls have paid the price. 2/
Now, 4+ years later, the case is bound for the Supreme Court.
Along the way, hundreds of girls have paid the price. 2/
One of those girls is Adaleia Cross.
Adaleia is one grade ahead of B.P.J. in the same school district. Since middle school, she’s excelled in track and field.
But when the 4th Circuit enjoined WV’s law, it turned Adaleia’s athletic life upside down. 3/
Adaleia is one grade ahead of B.P.J. in the same school district. Since middle school, she’s excelled in track and field.
But when the 4th Circuit enjoined WV’s law, it turned Adaleia’s athletic life upside down. 3/
‼️ 🧵More insights on the 2sd meeting btw #Lebanon & Israel:
1/ Following Al-Monitor’s story that France was excluded from the talks, sources told me that multiple countries requested to take part, but the parties agreed that early multilateralism could complicate the processs
1/ Following Al-Monitor’s story that France was excluded from the talks, sources told me that multiple countries requested to take part, but the parties agreed that early multilateralism could complicate the processs
2/ The decision was to keep the talks limited and bilateral for now, under U.S. mediation.
Sources say this format may evolve later, once the process stabilizes.
Sources say this format may evolve later, once the process stabilizes.
3/ The second round of direct talks, mediated and presided over by the U.S., was effectively a redo of the first meeting.
BREAKING: Some of the Trump DOJ's redactions on the Epstein files weren't redacted correctly and can be unredacted and seen!
I'll explain the process at the end of this thread.
Unredacted version of below redactions:
"80. Defendants Kahn and Indyke controlled and directed the activities of the other entities and personal bank accounts of Epstein accounts after they were funded. One, and frequently both, of them were officers or directors of Butterfly Trust; of companies holding Epstein’s real property (as laid out below); and of [[Financial Strategy Group, Ltd.; Financial Trust, Inc.;]] FT Real Estate Inc.; Gratitude America, Inc.; [[Hyperion Air, Inc.; ]] J. Epstein Virgin Islands Foundation, Inc.; Jeepers, Inc.; Mort, Inc.; Nautilus, Inc.; and Zorro Development Corporation; among others."
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I'll explain the process at the end of this thread.
Unredacted version of below redactions:
"80. Defendants Kahn and Indyke controlled and directed the activities of the other entities and personal bank accounts of Epstein accounts after they were funded. One, and frequently both, of them were officers or directors of Butterfly Trust; of companies holding Epstein’s real property (as laid out below); and of [[Financial Strategy Group, Ltd.; Financial Trust, Inc.;]] FT Real Estate Inc.; Gratitude America, Inc.; [[Hyperion Air, Inc.; ]] J. Epstein Virgin Islands Foundation, Inc.; Jeepers, Inc.; Mort, Inc.; Nautilus, Inc.; and Zorro Development Corporation; among others."
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UNREDACTION OF BELOW DOCUMENT:
84. As of October 23, 2007, Indyke was listed as President of the Foundation. He also was a signatory on the Foundation’s checking accounts.
85. Between September 2015 and June 2019, Indyke signed Foundation account checks for over $400,000 made payable to young female models and actresses, including a former Russian model who received over $380,000 through monthly payments of $8,333 made over a period of more than three and a half years until the middle of 2019.
■ GVI v. Estate of Jeffrey Epstein GVI’s Second Amended Complaint Page 19 of 76
86. In November 2017, Indyke signed a Foundation check made payable to the immigration lawyer in New York who was involved in one or more forced marriages arranged among Epstein’s victims to secure a victim’s immigration status. The check’s memo line references the former Russian model’s last name.
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84. As of October 23, 2007, Indyke was listed as President of the Foundation. He also was a signatory on the Foundation’s checking accounts.
85. Between September 2015 and June 2019, Indyke signed Foundation account checks for over $400,000 made payable to young female models and actresses, including a former Russian model who received over $380,000 through monthly payments of $8,333 made over a period of more than three and a half years until the middle of 2019.
■ GVI v. Estate of Jeffrey Epstein GVI’s Second Amended Complaint Page 19 of 76
86. In November 2017, Indyke signed a Foundation check made payable to the immigration lawyer in New York who was involved in one or more forced marriages arranged among Epstein’s victims to secure a victim’s immigration status. The check’s memo line references the former Russian model’s last name.
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UNREDACTIONS OF THE BELOW EPSTEIN DOCUMENT:
90. JSC Interiors, LLC is a New York Limited Liability Company, the Articles of Organization of which were filed in November 2014. The Articles list JSC, who was forced and coerced to have sex with Epstein, as the company’s sole owner. JSC was manipulated, exploited, and controlled by the Epstein Enterprise.
91. According to JSC’s operating agreement, Kahn was to be the initial Manager of the company, with full and complete authority, power, and discretion to do all things necessary or convenient to manage, control, and carry out the business. Kahn also had signatory authority for JSC’s bank accounts. 1111 1111 • • GVI v. Estate of Jeffrey Epstein GVI’s Second Amended Complaint Page 20 of 76
92. One of JSC’s bank accounts was funded entirely with money transferred from Epstein’s personal bank accounts.
93. JSC’s payroll was paid to two persons, one of whom was the listed sole owner. Kahn gave conflicting reports to JSC’s bank about the second person on the company’s payroll and the reasons for its payments to her. Once, he described her as an interior designer, which would justify the payments in light of JSC’s purported line of business, but which appears to have been false. The other time, Kahn described this payroll recipient as a dentist, which would not justify JSC Interiors’ payments to her, but which appears to be true.
90. JSC Interiors, LLC is a New York Limited Liability Company, the Articles of Organization of which were filed in November 2014. The Articles list JSC, who was forced and coerced to have sex with Epstein, as the company’s sole owner. JSC was manipulated, exploited, and controlled by the Epstein Enterprise.
91. According to JSC’s operating agreement, Kahn was to be the initial Manager of the company, with full and complete authority, power, and discretion to do all things necessary or convenient to manage, control, and carry out the business. Kahn also had signatory authority for JSC’s bank accounts. 1111 1111 • • GVI v. Estate of Jeffrey Epstein GVI’s Second Amended Complaint Page 20 of 76
92. One of JSC’s bank accounts was funded entirely with money transferred from Epstein’s personal bank accounts.
93. JSC’s payroll was paid to two persons, one of whom was the listed sole owner. Kahn gave conflicting reports to JSC’s bank about the second person on the company’s payroll and the reasons for its payments to her. Once, he described her as an interior designer, which would justify the payments in light of JSC’s purported line of business, but which appears to have been false. The other time, Kahn described this payroll recipient as a dentist, which would not justify JSC Interiors’ payments to her, but which appears to be true.
🧵Some thoughts to keep in mind about CBS
1. Weiss is editor in chief and can weigh in on any news coverage without it being corporate interference.
2. It's impossible to assess her actions - and the reactions - without taking into account the Ellisons & decision to hire her
1. Weiss is editor in chief and can weigh in on any news coverage without it being corporate interference.
2. It's impossible to assess her actions - and the reactions - without taking into account the Ellisons & decision to hire her
3. Larry Ellison is a big $ backer and adviser to Trump. David Ellison courted Trump and made conservative concessions to secure support of FCC Chair - a Trump appointee and ally.
4. Weiss' appointment & purchase of Free Press wasn't a formal concession but part of that push
4. Weiss' appointment & purchase of Free Press wasn't a formal concession but part of that push
5. Trump made sure Larry Ellison was cut into the TikTok US deal in a major way.
6. The Ellisons are similarly trying to take over Warner Bros Discovery - the parent of CNN, in whose fate Trump has taken a strong interest. US regulators would have to approve for it to happen.
6. The Ellisons are similarly trying to take over Warner Bros Discovery - the parent of CNN, in whose fate Trump has taken a strong interest. US regulators would have to approve for it to happen.
It was "corporate censorship" for CBS @bariweiss to delay her story, says "60 Minutes" reporter Sharyn Alfonsi. But Alfonsi presented no evidence to support her allegation. And Alfonsi has a history of biased reporting that even liberal "fact-checkers" denounced as inaccurate.
In April of 2021, CBS’s “60 Minutes” falsely claimed that Florida Governor Ron DeSantis exclusively chose Publix, a major Florida supermarket chain, to distribute Covid vaccines because it had donated to his political campaign.
Rep. Jared Moskowitz, a Democrat who helped oversee the state’s vaccine distribution at the time, repeatedly debunked the accusation. He did so first in response to a March 2, 2021, Miami Herald piece.
“This idea why @Publix was picked has been utter nonsense,” Moskowitz wrote on X, formerly Twitter. “We reached out to all pharmacies and they were the only one who at the time could execute on the mission.”
On April 4, the day the “60 Minutes” segment aired, Moskowitz tweeted, “@60Minutes I said this before and I’ll say it again. @Publix was recommended by @FLSERT and @HealthyFla as the other pharmacies were not ready to start. Period! Full Stop! No one from the Governor’s office suggested Publix. It’s just absolute malarkey.”
Now, the same reporter who did the flawed DeSantis piece, Sharyn Alfonsi, has accused her employer of censoring her story about deportees El Salvador’s prison. “The public will correctly identify this as corporate censorship,” Alfonsi wrote in an email to her colleagues that has been viewed four million times on X.
However, Alfonsi offered no evidence to support her allegation of “corporate censorship,” implying that people to whom Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss reports caused her to delay the piece.
Neither Weiss nor Alfonsi responded to a request for comment. If either does, we will update this story immediately. Moreover, we will report any evidence that we or others find that shows that corporate executives above Weiss directed her to kill the story. So far, there is none.
And an editorial decision is not the same as censorship, particularly since Weiss said she is delaying, not killing, the segment.
Alfonsi, in her leaked email, said she tried to get a response from the Trump administration but couldn’t, which was one of the reasons Weiss cited in her email to CBS staff for holding back the piece.
An experienced television news journalist, who has been in the business for three decades, said CBS could have done what it has often done in the past, which is to ask a Trump official at one of the many press availabilities.
“They could have sent a CBS reporter to the White House press briefing,” the person said, or had a reporter ask President Trump directly during one of his frequent press conferences at the White House and on Air Force One. The CBS website shows that it has at least six full-time reporters at the White House.
“The episode shows Sharyn’s poor investigative skills,” the person added. “She should have doorstepped the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security or sent someone to the White House.”
To “doorstop” a person is when a journalist confronts someone, such as a senior government official, often when they are coming or going into their workplace.
“Sharyn could have gone to the briefing herself, or CBS could have gone in and said ‘CBS has finished an investigation. Here are the allegations. How do you respond?’”
Alfonsi falsely claimed in her segment that DeSantis gave an “exclusive” to Publix. Floridians could get the Covid vaccine from many different sources, including county health departments, other major pharmacy chains including CVS, Walgreens, and Walmart, and mass vaccination drive-thru sites with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
Three major liberal or left-wing fact-checking organizations and the liberal Boston public TV station WGBH all criticized the piece. “60 Minutes’ misses the mark in its story about Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and COVID-19 vaccines,” wrote Poynter. “A sloppy moment on Sunday’s show is raising serious concerns.”
Wrote Politifact, “While “60 Minutes” focused on his emphatic denial, it left out the background that he offered about how the state had been working with other retail pharmacies to distribute coronavirus vaccines at long-term care facilities in December and his own interactions with Publix customers.”
Said the progressive Media Nation, “It’s a rare day when we encounter as blatant an example of liberal media bias as in the “60 Minutes” report last Sunday on Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis…Unfortunately, the botched story on DeSantis, a Republican, will be cited by conservatives for a long time as evidence that you just can’t trust the media.”
And a Boston CBS News reporter said, “If you’re going to smear someone by guilt-by-association, or pay-to-play, which is about the most serious offense a public official can engage in, you better have the facts in a row. If you don’t, you’d best leave it out.”
There are other signs of “60 Minutes” bias....
x.com/shellenberger/…
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Rep. Jared Moskowitz, a Democrat who helped oversee the state’s vaccine distribution at the time, repeatedly debunked the accusation. He did so first in response to a March 2, 2021, Miami Herald piece.
“This idea why @Publix was picked has been utter nonsense,” Moskowitz wrote on X, formerly Twitter. “We reached out to all pharmacies and they were the only one who at the time could execute on the mission.”
On April 4, the day the “60 Minutes” segment aired, Moskowitz tweeted, “@60Minutes I said this before and I’ll say it again. @Publix was recommended by @FLSERT and @HealthyFla as the other pharmacies were not ready to start. Period! Full Stop! No one from the Governor’s office suggested Publix. It’s just absolute malarkey.”
Now, the same reporter who did the flawed DeSantis piece, Sharyn Alfonsi, has accused her employer of censoring her story about deportees El Salvador’s prison. “The public will correctly identify this as corporate censorship,” Alfonsi wrote in an email to her colleagues that has been viewed four million times on X.
However, Alfonsi offered no evidence to support her allegation of “corporate censorship,” implying that people to whom Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss reports caused her to delay the piece.
Neither Weiss nor Alfonsi responded to a request for comment. If either does, we will update this story immediately. Moreover, we will report any evidence that we or others find that shows that corporate executives above Weiss directed her to kill the story. So far, there is none.
And an editorial decision is not the same as censorship, particularly since Weiss said she is delaying, not killing, the segment.
Alfonsi, in her leaked email, said she tried to get a response from the Trump administration but couldn’t, which was one of the reasons Weiss cited in her email to CBS staff for holding back the piece.
An experienced television news journalist, who has been in the business for three decades, said CBS could have done what it has often done in the past, which is to ask a Trump official at one of the many press availabilities.
“They could have sent a CBS reporter to the White House press briefing,” the person said, or had a reporter ask President Trump directly during one of his frequent press conferences at the White House and on Air Force One. The CBS website shows that it has at least six full-time reporters at the White House.
“The episode shows Sharyn’s poor investigative skills,” the person added. “She should have doorstepped the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security or sent someone to the White House.”
To “doorstop” a person is when a journalist confronts someone, such as a senior government official, often when they are coming or going into their workplace.
“Sharyn could have gone to the briefing herself, or CBS could have gone in and said ‘CBS has finished an investigation. Here are the allegations. How do you respond?’”
Alfonsi falsely claimed in her segment that DeSantis gave an “exclusive” to Publix. Floridians could get the Covid vaccine from many different sources, including county health departments, other major pharmacy chains including CVS, Walgreens, and Walmart, and mass vaccination drive-thru sites with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
Three major liberal or left-wing fact-checking organizations and the liberal Boston public TV station WGBH all criticized the piece. “60 Minutes’ misses the mark in its story about Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and COVID-19 vaccines,” wrote Poynter. “A sloppy moment on Sunday’s show is raising serious concerns.”
Wrote Politifact, “While “60 Minutes” focused on his emphatic denial, it left out the background that he offered about how the state had been working with other retail pharmacies to distribute coronavirus vaccines at long-term care facilities in December and his own interactions with Publix customers.”
Said the progressive Media Nation, “It’s a rare day when we encounter as blatant an example of liberal media bias as in the “60 Minutes” report last Sunday on Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis…Unfortunately, the botched story on DeSantis, a Republican, will be cited by conservatives for a long time as evidence that you just can’t trust the media.”
And a Boston CBS News reporter said, “If you’re going to smear someone by guilt-by-association, or pay-to-play, which is about the most serious offense a public official can engage in, you better have the facts in a row. If you don’t, you’d best leave it out.”
There are other signs of “60 Minutes” bias....
x.com/shellenberger/…
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Here is the liberal Boston PBS member station segment on Sharyn Alfonsi's biased and inaccurate story. Every single person in it criticizes Alfonsi's piece about Ron DeSantis' vaccine roll-out.
Nobody who looks at this walks away thinking that Alfonsi did anything other than an irresponsible hit piece.
Nobody who looks at this walks away thinking that Alfonsi did anything other than an irresponsible hit piece.
